Joy steals upon me, such joy as calls forth tears.
AESCHYLUSFor it would be better to die once and for all than to suffer pain for all one’s life.
More Aeschylus Quotes
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Learning is ever in the freshness of its youth, even for the old.
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Many among men are they who set high the show of honor, yet break justice.
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My heart’s a dance of fear.
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Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.
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Know yourself and fit yourself to new fashions. For there is a new ruler among the gods.
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Simple is the speech of truth.
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A curse burns bright on crime
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You shall learn, though late, the lesson of how to be discreet.
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Call no man happy till he is dead.
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Who, except the gods, can live time through forever without any pain?
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She looked just like a painting dying to speak.
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Tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of this world.
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The future you shall know when it has come; before then, forget it.
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Justice inclines her scales so that wisdom comes at the price of suffering.
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For wherein is life sweet to him who suffers grief?
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There are times when fear is good. It must keep its watchful place at the heart’s controls.
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It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered.
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Don’t try to make intelligent decisions when your brain is hyped.
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It is best for the wise man not to seem wise.
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There is no sickness worse for me than words that to be kind must lie.
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We should know what is true before we break our rage.
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The act of evil breeds others to follow, young sins in its own likeness.
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In every tyrant’s heart there springs in the end this poison, that he cannot trust a friend.
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Search well and be wise, nor believe that self-willed pride will ever be better than good counsel.
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God’s most lordly gift to man is decency of mind.
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Few men have the natural strength to honor a friend’s success without envy.
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